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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 96795
USS Missouri (BB-63)
Crewmen and other attendees salute the colors, as the ship is
placed in commission. Ceremonies were held at the New York Navy
Yard on 11 June 1944.
Photographed from the battleship's after deck, with 16-inch gun
turret Number Three in the foreground.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Image posted 22 January 1999
Coding updated 21 July 2002